It started with this:

Tissue sample onto agar then rye, an enthusiastic strain:

Beautiful growth in the bags, but after almost a month, no pinning . . . so I gave them a time-out in 50-55 degrees and 95 percent humidity for a couple of days. Three days later, nothing, so back to the chamber (70 degrees).

And a few days later. Again, seemingly miraculous, nothing the night before, but the next morning?

. . . and the next day:

Go nuts!

Since they took longer than I expected, I had some pinkies fruiting at the same time.

If life gives you mushrooms, make soup!

I ended up with something like 3 pints of concentrated souply goodness, which needs to be diluted by 2 or 3 or it’s just too much:

Yum!

-R